Comus - First UtteranceFirst Utterance is the debut album of the progressive folk band Comus. It was released in 1971, with the opening song "Diana" being released as a single. The album was notable for its unique blend of progressive rock, folk, psychedelia, and elements of paganism and the macabre. The overall thematic tone of the album is of vulnerable innocence facing abusive power, the songs dealing with violence ("Drip Drip"), rape ("Diana", "Song to Comus"), and

a legendary 7X Grammy and Emmy Award-winning artist/producer

and Danny O'Brien on trumpet

when the nation appeared to be on the brink of violently coming apart

Despite their very different upbringings

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the remainder cherry-picked from French

Acoustic guitar was played by Rhodes

THE GUARDIAN

Innarestin‰۪ times

reaching Number 7 on the R&B charts

Gonzalez makes his recording debut with the band here and it‰۪s obvious that he‰۪s helped pushed the band‰۪s recordings closer to the level of their infamous live shows

for the Miracle Witness Hour is at hand